_______________ 'Original compulsive uplifting: this is another triumph for Balen' - Alex
O'Connell The Times Children's Book of the Week 'Balen's best book yet: ambitious funny
spirited moving heartfelt and bold all at once. She's a force to be reckoned with' - Ross
Montgomery _______________ From the author of October October winner of the Yoto Carnegie
Medal 2022 comes a life-affirming story about blended families and learning to find room in
your heart for new life and new love. Tom is still quiet and timid even though his dad has
been gone for nearly two years now. Zofia is the opposite. Inside her there's a raging storm
that makes her want to fight the whole world until she gets what she wants. And what she wants
is for scaredy-cat Tom to get out of her life. Tom hates loud unpredictable Zofia just as much
but he's moving into Zofia's house. Because his mum and Zofia's dad are in love . and they're
having a baby. Tom and Zofia both wish the stupid baby had never happened. But then Tom's mum
gets ill and it begins to look horribly like their wish might come true . A story of learning
to trust trying to let go and diving into the unknown with hope in your heart with a stunning
cover illustrated by CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal winner Sydney Smith. _______________